Elizabeth Wood
Author
1899 – 1993
Who was Elizabeth Wood?
Elizabeth Wood was the first Executive Director of the Chicago Housing Authority from 1937 until 1954.
Born to missionary parents in Japan, Elizabeth Wood was educated at Illinois Wesleyan University and at the University of Michigan where she received both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in rhetoric. In 1928, after teaching English at Vassar College for four years, Wood moved to Chicago and found a job with the Home Modernizing Bureau, a trade organization. This organization collapsed with the stock market, however, and soon after Wood began her career as a housing advocate and planner. Wood first worked for the United Charities as a caseworker, while also taking courses at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. Beginning in 1934, Wood was appointed as the Executive Director of Metropolitan Housing Council. During this time she also served on the Illinois State Housing Board.
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- Born
- Apr 9, 1899
Nara - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Master's Degree, University of Michigan
Rhetoric
( - 1922)
- Master's Degree, University of Michigan
- Lived in
- Chicago
(1928 - ) - Atlanta
( - 1993/01/16)
- Chicago
- Died
- Jan 16, 1993
Atlanta
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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